I support the ongoing efforts of Senators Murray and Collins to chart a path forward that will work, and will work with anyone to get this job done.
I want to thank you all for your testimony and your concise answers with the questions. We appreciate that.
I am very concerned about the security and stability situation in the region.
We must be clear-eyed that this budget request would represent a real cut in funding for the Department of Defense as it fails to keep pace ...
I think that is ineptness on Congress' part, not on yours, and we tend to tie your hands behind your back when we don't get budgets done on ...
If the world were becoming safer, then perhaps such a reduction could be absorbed with little risk to national security. But unfortunately, ...
The technological edge and high-end capabilities that we have enjoyed since the end of the Cold War is also eroding.
But we have failed miserably in getting the budget done on time.
As far as the Navy and the Air Force goes, do you guys use that account and do you feel same way as Secretary Bush feels?
I think this is totally inadequate. I think we have got to figure out a way to make sure, at this dangerous time, which I believe is the mos...
Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed, and we were able to come together in a bipartisan manner to avert a catastrophic Government default and ...